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Victorycountry Posted 21 years ago
Grammar
joining two sentences
Hi,
I am wondering how I can join sentences.
For example,
(1) Amy was waiting for a bus at a bus stop.
(2) John saw it => (1)
(1) + (2) => John saw amy waiting for a bus at a bus stop.
This one is an easy one to combine. However, what about the following sentences.
(a) The light was turned on.
(b) Amy left home. (without turning the light off)
(a) + (b) => "Amy left home with the light turn on" ???
Is this right?
(c) Amy opened the refrigerator in the dining room.
(d) Amy didn't close the refrigerator and left there (without closing the refrigerator)
(c) + (d) => Amy left the dining room with refrigerator open.
Is this right?
Well, I am still not good at this. (By the way, I am just wondering if anyone knows a good site that has examples on this)
Thanks in advance.
I am wondering how I can join sentences.
For example,
(1) Amy was waiting for a bus at a bus stop.
(2) John saw it => (1)
(1) + (2) => John saw amy waiting for a bus at a bus stop.
This one is an easy one to combine. However, what about the following sentences.
(a) The light was turned on.
(b) Amy left home. (without turning the light off)
(a) + (b) => "Amy left home with the light turn on" ???
Is this right?
(c) Amy opened the refrigerator in the dining room.
(d) Amy didn't close the refrigerator and left there (without closing the refrigerator)
(c) + (d) => Amy left the dining room with refrigerator open.
Is this right?
Well, I am still not good at this. (By the way, I am just wondering if anyone knows a good site that has examples on this)
Thanks in advance.
Top answer
You can certainly say, "Amy left home without turning the light off". So why not leave it at that? That is a legitimate combination of the two sentences.
- You can certainly say, "Amy left home without turning the light off".
- So why not leave it at that?
- That is a legitimate combination of the two sentences.
- "Amy left home with the light turn ed on" is possible, but not as smooth.
- The same remarks apply to your last example.
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You can certainly say, "Amy left home without turning the light off".
So why not leave it at that? That is a legitimate combination of the two sentences.
"Amy left home with the light turned on" is possible, but not as smooth.
The same remarks apply to your last example.
I don't know of a site that deals with this particular kind of exercise.
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So why not leave it at that? That is a legitimate combination of the two sentences.
"Amy left home with the light turned on" is possible, but not as smooth.
The same remarks apply to your last example.
I don't know of a site that deals with this particular kind of exercise.
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